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(No Model.) T.`O. H. KRUEGER.

FLEEGE BINDER.

Patented Sept. 2, 1884.

WTNESSES Lw THEODORE O. H. KRUEGER, OF BRADY, TEXAS, ASSIGNOR TO HH'SELFAND JESSE G. BURNEY, OF SAME PLAOE.

FLEECE-BINDER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 304,530, datedSeptember 2, 1884.

Application filed June 18, 1884.

(No model.)

fo all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THEoDoRE O. H. KRUE- GER, of Brady, in the county ofMcCulloch and State of Texas, have invented a new and usefulImproveinent in Fleece-Binders, of 'which the following' is a full,clear, and exact description.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forxning a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding` parts in all the figures.

Fignre 1 is a plan view of my improvement. Fig. 2 is a sectional frontelevation of the same, taken through the line a: w, Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is asectional end elevation of the same, taken through the line y y, Fig. 2.

The object of this inventionv is to facilitate the rolling` up andbinding` of fleeces of wool into compact bundles.

The invention consists in a fieece-binder constructed with a boxattached to a supportimg-frame, and having inclined flanges upon itsside edges, and provided with hinged pressboards and fingers operated bypush-bars, a cord, and a treadle, whereby the fieece c'an be vcompressedand held while being tied. To the ends of the 'sides of the box isattached a knife, so that all the twines of the bundle can be cut at atime, as Will be hereinafter fully described.

A-is the frame of the machine. To the upper part of the frame A isattached a'box, B, open at the top and ends, and of such a width as willgive the bundles the desired length.

To the upper edge of the sides of the box Bare attached inclined fiangesor Wings O. The frame A, box B, and inclined wings C form thebinding-table. 4

To the bottom of the box B, upon the opposite sides of and at a littledistance from its center, are hinged the lower edges of twopress-boards, D, to the upper edges of which are hinged the fingers E.The fingers of the two press-boards are so arranged that the fingersupon each side will be opposite the spaces between the fingers upon theother side, as shown in Fig. 1.

To the two sets of fingers E, at a little distance from their hingedends, .are hinged the inner ends of. two bars, F, the outer endsofwhich. project beyond the ends of the box B, and which rest and slidein inclined grooves in the upper sides of the said ends.

To the outer ends of the bars F are attached the ends of a cord, G,which passes in- Ward along the upper sides of the end parts of thebottom of the box B, and passes down- Ward and around pulleys H, pivotedin slots in the said bottom at a little distanee from the hinged loweredges of the press-boards D. The middle part of the cord G passes aroundthe treadle I, the rear end of which is hinged to the lower rear part ofthe frame A.

When left free, the various parts of the binder take the positions shownin Fig. 2.

In using` the binder the fieece is spread over the box B, and its edgesare turned in along the inclined fianges O. The ends of the tleece arethen folded in and the treadle is operated with the foot, which drawsupon the cord G and forces' the bars F inward. The inward movernent ofthe bars F first swings the fingers E inward and presses the upper partof the folded fieece down into the space between the press-boards D. Asthe bars F continue to move inward, the next effect is to force thefingers E inward and downward and swing' the press-boards D inward, asindicated in dotted lines in Fig'. 2, pressing` the fleece into acompact bundle.

Twine is designed to be laid across the upper edges of the press-boardsD, between the fingers E, before the fieece is spread over the box, sothat the bundle can be tied while under the pressure of the fingers Eand pressboards D. After the twines have been tied, they can be allcutat a time by drawing` them across the edge of a knife, J, attached tothe ends of the sides of the box Having` thus desoribed my invention, Ielaiin as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A fleece-binderconstructed substantially as herein shown and described, and consisting`of a box provided with hinged pressboards and fingers, and push-bars,and a cord 2. In a fleece-binder, Jche combination, With the frame A,box B, :Lud'inolned flanges O, of the hinged press-boards and fingers DE, :md the push-bmfs F, cord G, :Lud treadle I, 5 subsmutially as hereinshown and eseribed, Whereby the fieece can be compressed and held whilebeing ted, as Set 'forth 3. In a fleeee-bi11der,t11e combination, Withthe box B, of the knfe J, substanbia'lly as herein shown '(Lnddescribed, whereby all the Io twines of the bundle can be cut at a time,as set forth. W

THEODORE O. H. KRUEG'ER. Titnessesz W. MCSHAN,

I. GsSAMBRIGH'D.

